“The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree” ­- Celebrity Parents And Their Children Today

Children of celebrities have to get used to being in the limelight from a very early age. Growing up with cameras following you around your entire childhood makes some of these kids shy away from the spotlight as adults, trying to pursue a life more “behind the scenes”. Others, on the other hand, thrive from of the exposure and use it to their advantage, as they too, seek to follow their parent’s footsteps. And ever so often, they become stars, megastars!

Read on to see our list of the celebrity children that give their parents a run for their money.

Goldie Hawn & Kate Hudson

Goldie Hawn has been on TV screens as early as the ’60s and is probably best known for her role in the movie Cactus Flower, for which she won a Golden Globe. Of her three children, the one you’ll surely recognize is her daughter, Kate Hudson. One of Hudson’s most famous films, which also happens to be everyone’s favorite romantic comedy, is How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

Kate was raised by her mother, and the two have stayed very close and supportive of one another throughout the years. This past November Goldie celebrated her 73rd birthday. Her daughter posted a photo of them on her Instagram account, along with a heartfelt caption saying: “Fearless leader, my number one, my heart, my love, my joy, my everything, MY MAMA! Happy happy happy birthday.”These two superstars have become icons of their generations.

The Wisdom Segment

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The Holocaust started in 1933 after Adolf Hitler took over as German Chancellor. To eradicate the Jews, Hitler targeted their children so they couldn't pave the way for a new generation. Over 1.1 million kids became victims of the Holocaust.

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Many children didn't make it to the gas chambers. While being transported, they would often die of suffocation inside the cramped cattle cars. Those who made it to the camps were then led to the gas chambers. Other people targeted in the Holocaust included political and religious agitators, homosexuals, the sick, and POWs.

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The most horrific killing during the Holocaust involved 33,000 Jews being slaughtered in two days. This massacre took place at the Babi Yar Ravine (Sept. 1941) where they were undressed, lined up, and executed at the tip of the ravine. The dead and the living were ditched below, along with the children.

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During the terrifying years of the Holocaust, about two-thirds of the Jews in Europe lost their lives. In total, from its start in 1933 to its conclusion in 1945, more than eleven million people were deliberately exterminated in numerous concentration camps, death camps, mass executions, and in euthanasia centers.

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To cover up their war crimes, the Nazis directed some prisoners, called Sonderkommando, to bury the bodies. Some of the corpses were burned in ovens, after which, the Sonderkommandos were themselves sent to the gas chambers. These gruesome facts have been revealed through letters and journals some clever Sonderkommandos snuck out in jars before being killed.

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During WWII, the Nazis came up with a program that called for the killing of all Jews, even beyond the European continent. This horrendous strategy was called the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question'. The first step was to gather all Jews in Poland and have them mass murdered.